Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-11-26
HOW FOLKS SHAKE HANDS
A FEW TYPES WITH WHICH MOST
 OF US ARE FAMILIAR.

A Lack of Feryor in the Grectins-Con-
 deseension-A Cold, Clammy Grip-Ths
 Pump Handle-Gnshing-Dig
 Grip of Friend ,hip.
 The bOny shake is not confne,l to either eex; 1t may be found alike in tall and short, stout and thin; and consists of ar offer Of the bones only of tho r ght hand: not until your hand closes round the shakers palrl can you Feel the coldness, -he lack of fcrvor in the greeting; there is no responsive grip to your own, but the muscles only of the fingers and the palm lie in your hand, as :tOu h you were handling that which may bc fitly de- scribed as belonging to one of the lemon s4ueezers of society, one who is vet blanket on all enjoyment, sees clouds in sunshine. cnf- hns m the candle, whose talk sets your teeth on edge, and in whose inexpensive eyes you can find no trace of sympathy or feeling. The bony fingers should have alrea " warned you thnt to trust such q one will entail or you disaster and defeat
 The Condescending Shake.-- Have you never felt iti How lightly the fingers CSome- times three, seldom four and never the whole hANb li-AAAaAs NbA AU AlAf SAtlAh- ing, because the coldeScending fingers lie passive in your grasp, and the hand itself would tell you. if it could, how much it feels the ineffable sweetness of its own disposition in even allowing you SO great n privilege. The same hand once maybe met yours with n grasp as genial as your own, but you have remained stationary, whereas Tom had Q windfall. and curious, isn't it, to see caus, .N come more high tonsd and placid, and the nervous grasp Of the fingers is changed for a gentle dropping of the digits fin your out stretched hand.
 The Fishy Shake.-Cold and clammy strikes the hand you grasp, giving you q feeling of dissatisfaction and disgust as youhinstinctively think of Uriah Heep, and, under one pretext or another, furtively .ake out your pocket handkerchief to wipe off the moisture which seems 10 have passed from the palm of the shaker into yours. Possessed, as q rule, by those whose tempcrs have gone wrong, whose milk of burnnH kindness has turned sour, or whose bi,lden purposes it is impossible to fathom, :he clsnlmy hand frequently belongs tO those with whom it is not pleasant to deal In all fiction the ghostly hand is icy cold. or else a fishy, clammy grlSp-either will do to fill up the narrowing detail Even grim death himself is supposed Co touch Us with similar grasp. Take warning in time; never try and perpetrute joke with a man who has nshy hanishake for a greeting.
 The Mechanical Sll se-Who k not fa- miliar with the action of a pump handle as it Is pushed up and down, anl in some hand shakeS the same principla is at work There is no soul in it; the lifting up and down of the arm, which, when it is released, falls down fat against the owners side; the me chauical uttsrance of few commonplace words spoken like an auiomaton, all these tell you enough of the character of the man who stands before you. You cannot gather grapes from thorns, or else you might expect mira- cles to occur again on earth; and if you think there is my enthus asm below the sur face in the mind oi the mechanical shaker, why all VIC ask is try and force it out of him If you can.
 The Gushing Shake.--The hOw-are- you shake, with the how very large and loud, the sort of greeting that fairly takes your breath away md makes you fear you will be eaten before you know it-the jolly man or the jolly woman, to whom life k pleasure and whose existence Is series of delights, who wants everybody 70 be as happy as he is himself and whose flow of spirits fairly infects you with some measure of the same good humor; your usual sobe-minieinyss, may be, comes to the rescue jus: in time, however. and you get over the slight attack Of unwOntei frivolity, Yet when the shaker has gone it almost seems as ii a ray ug sunshine had shown on you and the day seems all the briytter for the gleam.
 The Dignifioi Shake.-Iuch affected by the professions You are, may be, immersed in some pursuit for the good of mankind at large. or for your own special town flor We trust you are respectable an1 belong to some where big with importance, you stroll along, and. SD strolling, you meet the dignilied shake; you had thought of communicating your opinions to the lady pr gentleman you nave now met, but-one touch of the hand, and away fies the fancyl Like the frozen mutton of the antipodes, you will want thaw- ing in the warmth of friendship before you ,an talk to any one again; and as the gush- ing shaker gave you life and light. so the dig nified shaker gives you douche of cold water. which takes away your energy and pirits for the day.
 The Friendly Shake.-The hearty grasp, which, without being too violent, either to crush the bones or tO hurt the fin gers, IS yet NhIih ehouBu' ieINlu ehoGbu, to tell you that the shakers heart Is right You have only to look into the eyes of such a one to be able to read the honesty of purpoSe that shines through the lamps of he soul; a grasp that tells of loving heart, tn whose recesses there are sympothies that ,an share the woes as well as the joys of oth- CTS; that can afford to laugh at the marrow minded, the selfish and the wicked; but can offer to those whom they respect the genial hand shake, wherein every muscle, every nerve, tells of desire to do all they can to cheer the path in life of thoss they meet, and Inspire within their fellow creatures hearts the knowledge that there are among us still those who are ready to offer at all times and seasons the fervid grasp that tells of friend ship, of fellowship and good wilL-Home Journal